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		<title>Guatoberfest 2008: Gathering for adoptive families in Myrtle Beach, SC</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/441</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcement about the annual Guatoberfest, to be held in Myrtle Beach, SC, this October. All adoptive families are welcome. Check out their website. (more...)]]></description>
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		<title>Book recommendation: Heirs with Christ: The Puritans on Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/438</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heirs with Christ: The Puritans on Adoption by Dr. Joel Beeke is a new book about the Christian theology of adoption. The book's forward is by Carolina Hope blogger Dan Cruver. (more...)]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Alliance for Orphans SUMMIT IV</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/433</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from attending the Christian Alliance for Orphans SUMMIT IV. It was a very encouraging event. Paul Pennington (Director of FamilyLife&#8217;s Hope for Orphans) and Maridel Sandberg (pictured at right, President of Christian Alliance for Orphans&#8217; board) did a great job of introducing the emphasis of SUMMIT IV and stressing the centrality of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic and international adoption workshop this evening (May 6)</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/436</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Adoption]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday May 6, Carolina Hope is holding a free evening workshop on domestic and international adoptions. Our office is located in Greenville, SC. Please call ahead to register. (more...)]]></description>
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		<title>First Annual National Foster Care Prayer Vigil</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/435</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From FamilyLife.com: &#8220;The First Annual National Foster Care Prayer Vigil has been created to help believers slow down, gather together with other believers in their community, and go before God, petitioning Him on behalf of the half million children living in our nation’s foster care system. In doing so, we are aligning our hearts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transracial Adoption: Talking about our extended families&#8217; response.</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/431</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/431#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Posts by Dorothy Bode]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we began adopting transracially, our families were very alarmed, and they didn’t hesitate to tell us. They were concerned about us being naive and unrealistic. About our ‘perfect’ one-boy-one-girl family being rocked so hard that it would be destroyed. They pointed out that with college expenses rising we couldn’t educate more than two &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia Adoption Program (at last!)</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/429</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia Adoption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Posts by Josh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency is now accepting applications for its new Ethiopia Adoption Program. Although this international adoption program has taken longer than expected to be fully operational, we are very excited to now be helping Ethiopian orphans find homes with adoptive families in the United States.]]></description>
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		<title>Hague Accreditation for Carolina Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/428</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China Adoption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala Adoption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carolina Hope has achieved 1-year temporary Hague accreditation through the Council on Accreditation. This status permits Carolina Hope to conduct adoptions from all Hague countries and to do Hague-approved South Carolina adoption homestudies.]]></description>
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		<title>Online adoption education course: Adopting Transracially</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/426</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Transracial Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carolina Hope is conducting a 1-hour transracial adoption education course on Tuesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. The cost is $15.
The course will be conducted online as a webinar, so participation will require an internet connection faster than dial-up. (Other than that, nothing is required. For more details, see the course page.)
This webinar is open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book recommendation: The Connected Child</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/414</link>
		<comments>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/414#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Book Recommendations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Posts by Josh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an informal book review by Claudia-Jacqueline Semar, M.Ed. She has granted us permission to reprint it here.
 Ms. Semar is the Executive Director of International Child Foundation. She has worked in adoptions for more than 15 years, and as an adoptive mother, she has first-hand experience in the things she writes about.
 [...]]]></description>
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